Family Virtues

When I was pregnant with my first child, my mom bought me a really cool book, "The Family Virtues Guide," by Linda Kavelin Popov. Basically, the book is a simple tutorial on building your family's moral foundation through discussing and practicing the virtues found throughout the world's cultures and religions.

Fast forward several years later, throw in a geographic, some rehab, and a total restructuring of my psyche, and viola! Out comes the book of virtues at the perfect place in time. Yesterday, we had our first Family Virtues Meeting. We kept it brief and chose "Loving" as this week's virtue. Throughout the week we will look for ways to illustrate the concept. Hopefully, it will begin to build a framework for understanding the different values we try to throw at our kids. I'll let you know how it goes.

For more information on the Virtues Project see their website.